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Your last name ain’t exactly Tortellini, Lopez, or Kowalski by ACross

Nor is it Von Bratwurst, Thames or Henri. I would prefer Baltimore 10 times out of 10 to Dublin. The worst country in the f/k/a EU. I will never visit it. Baltimore, on the other hand, has Willie.

You are correct that I will likely not go to a game in South Bend until Kelly is gone. Certainly not a night game. If I were a player I would rather not go to a shit country. London, Rome, Paris, Madrid. The reason we are going to Dublin is the same reason no Italian has ever been chair of the BOT. No fewer than 14 of the 40 person BOT are of Irish descent. That is by surname alone so it is probably higher. And that is not counting Fr Jenkins as Irish. I think 2 are Italian. Looks like about 2 are German. 2 or 3 Latino. or as McGuires would say Latinx. A couple WASPs. 3 or 4 African Americans.

Oh and Notre Dame sure loves Jones Day.